Wyden, others intro bill requiring export controls on some data exports

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and four other senators on Thursday proposed a bill that would direct the Commerce Department to impose controls on exports of some personal data. Wyden was joined by Senate Select Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Marco Rubio (R-FL), fellow Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) in introducing the “ Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Surveillance Act .” “Right now it’s perfectly legal for a company...